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Download the Entire Text: Books 1 – 4
- Book 1: Acknowledgement, Glossary, & Chapters 1-3
- Book 2: Ch. 4 (SSP Modules)
- Book 3: Ch. 5 (DB Modules)
- Book 4: Appendices
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- Title Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, Glossary
- Ch.s 1 – 3: Introduction, Accommodations, Overview
- Ch. 4 (SSP Modules)
- Ch. 5 (DB Modules)
- Appendices
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Title Page, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, Glossary
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Ch.s 1 – 3: Introduction, Accommodations, Overview
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Ch. 4: Support Service Provider Modules
SSP Beginner Modules
- Ch. 4_1.0 SSP Beginner: Overview
- Ch. 4_1.1 Orientation and Introduction
- Ch. 4_1.2 Communication I
- Ch. 4_1.3 Lab: Welcoming Reception and Games
- Ch. 4_1.4 Power Relations
- Ch. 4_1.5 Communication II and Guiding
- Ch. 4_1.6 Tactile Communication
- Ch. 4_1.7 Community Reception and Games
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SSP Advanced Beginner Modules
- Ch. 4_2.0 SSP Advanced Beginner: Overview
- Ch. 4_2.1 SSP Role and System
- Ch. 4_2.2 SSP Role and Ethics
- Ch. 4_2.3 Internship
- Ch. 4_2.4 Visual-Tactual Connection to the Environment
- Ch. 4_2.5 Lab: Visual-Tactual Shopping Center
- Ch. 4_2.6 Assertiveness I
- Ch. 4_2.7 Figure-Ground Distinctions in Discourse
- Ch. 4_2.8 Internship: Exit Interview
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SSP Intermediate Modules
- Ch. 4_3.0 SSP Intermediate: Overview
- Ch. 4_3.1 Vision, Attention and Meaning
- Ch. 4_3.2 Establishing Perspective(s)
- Ch. 4_3.3 Seeing People
- Ch. 4_3.4 People Watching
- Ch. 4_3.5 Metaphor and Metonymy
- Ch. 4_3.6 Conversational Discourse
- Ch. 4_3.7 Assertiveness II
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Ch. 5: Deaf-Blind Modules
Deaf-Blind Beginner Modules
- Ch. 5_1.0 Deaf-Blind Beginner: Overview
- Ch. 5_1.1A Welcoming Reception
- Ch. 5_1.2A SSP Role and Touch
- Ch. 5_1.3A Ethics and Assertiveness
- Ch. 5_1.1B “Ice Breaker” Activity
- Ch. 5_1.2B Touch as Information
- Ch. 5_1.3B Ethics and Assertiveness
- Ch. 5_1.4 Lab: Lunch
- Ch. 5_1.5 Lab: Shopping
- Ch. 5_1.6 Lab: Restaurant
- Ch. 5_1.7 Review and Preparation for Internship
- Ch. 5_1.8 Exit Interview and Reception
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Deaf-Blind Advanced Beginner Modules
- Ch. 5_2.0 Deaf-Blind Advanced Beginner: Overview
- Ch. 5_2.1 Analyzing Touch and Vision
- Ch. 5_2.2 Lab: The Environment
- Ch. 5_2.3 Lab: People Watching
- Ch. 5_2.4 Communication
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Appendices
- App. A: Visual Information
- App. B: Sample SSP Job Description
- App. C: Demographics
- App. D: Touch, Culture, and Power
- App. E: Simulation Goggle Kit
- App. F: Play-Doh TM Pictionary
- App. G: Sample SSP Coordinator Job Description
- App. H: Sample SSP Program Policies
- App. I: Sample SSP Contract
- App. J: Sample SSP Client Agreement
- App. K: Sample SSP Evaluation Procedure
- App. L: Guidelines for a Quality SSP Program
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SSP/DB Program Principals
